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How to Make a Foil Pinwheel Fan Garland

by Lindsay Ballard on December 7, 2013 30 Comments

how to make a foil paper pinwheel garland via MakelyHome.com

The longer I embrace my own sense of personal style, the more risks I feel comfortable taking in decorating.  This year, my holiday decor is no different.  Throwing most everything traditional out the window, I managed to decorate my entire house without using one lick of greenery.  Not one lick!

But, my stair railing felt totally naked without some sort of garland.  I usually use greenery here (either fresh or fake, depending upon the year), so it looked bare without it.  To keep with the colorful 1960s theme I had going in the rest of the house, I decide to create a foil paper pinwheel fan garland for my railing.

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A Diamond in the Rough: How to Refinish an Old Bed and Make it Awesome

by Lindsay Ballard on December 3, 2013 1,875 Comments

As soon as it was time to start transforming my daughter’s nursery into a “big girl” room, I knew that I wanted an emerald green, four poster bed.  Why?  I have no idea – and this was long before emerald was the 2013 Pantone Color of the Year.  Just like I had picked out the name Emma for my daughter nearly 30 years ago and it’s one of the most popular names in the US now.  I guess I’m ahead of my time.

I didn’t want to spend a fortune on a bed that I’d end up painting, so I scoured Craigslist for months looking for the perfect candidate.  It needed to be full sized.  Its posts needed to be the same height on the headboard and the footboard.  It needed to have a simple design.  And it needed to be cheap.

I finally found one for $35 and I was so excited to bring it home.  It needed much more work than I originally thought, but that’s a normal thing around here.  A lot of blood, sweat and tears (and cussing, if I am being honest) went into this transformation, but in the end, I think I hit it out of the park.

How to refinish a Craigslist cast off to an emerald green bed via MakelyHome.com

The bed had an original oil-based factory finish on it (white), but an eager DIYer had painted black latex on top of it.  Regular latex paint won’t bond to a shiny surface, so the black paint just scratched off. There was nothing I could do but scrape and sand the bed down to the original wood.

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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.


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